BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Model report · 2005–2025

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MT350E

350cc Petrol Class 2
82.1%
first-time pass rate
11.6%
failed outright
10,499
median miles at test
190
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails on a MT350E

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
19 33.3
brakes
12 21.1
steering and suspension
9 15.8
drive system
4 7
structure and attachments
4 7
lamps and reflectors
3 5.3
suspension
2 3.5
fuel and exhaust
2 3.5
tyres and wheels
1 1.8
tyres
1 1.8

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 1996 (82.8% pass). Weakest: 1996 (82.8%).

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.